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GESTO, Winner Of BID Award

GESTO Culinary & Hospitality Academy won the 'International Star Award for World Quality Commitment' under Gold category, at the 'International Business Initiative Directions (BID), QualityConvention held in Paris on October 29th 2012. The WQC World Quality Commitment Award acknowledges the strong commitment to quality and Excellence in the realm of Customer Satisfaction, Leadership, Innovation and technology as established in the QC100 TQM Model.

Mr. R. Kannan, Managing Director and Mr. Venkatachalam Subramanian, Director, received the WQC in the Concorde La Fayette of Paris, from the president of B.I.D., Jose E. Preito. The Convention recognized companies from 54 countries around the world for their achievements. The award is an effort on the part of BID, Madrid, Spain, to acknowledge strong commitment towards building better business reputation worldwide. According to BID President, Jose E. Prieto, "awardee companies are symbols of commitment to leadership, technology and innovation which make them models for other companies in their respective sectors." BID is recognized by 178 countries worldwide as a benchmark for the establishment of original quality.

GESTO Culinary & Hospitality Academy' is a renowned network of Educational Institutions with 40 centres in India and over 2800 students. GESTO Academy is the Technical Collaborator of Bharathiar University for Hospitality courses. GESTO offers 'Online World Campus' education, the first of its kind in India to develop Global Hospitality Professionals in association with 'American Hospitality Academy', South Carolina, USA. It also offers prestigious 'International Chef Training Program' in association with 'International Centre for Culinary Arts', Dubai.